By Liam Bohen-Meissner Dr. Anthony Fauci remains cautiously optimistic about the prospect of ending the pandemic and returning to some level of normalcy within the
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the largest transportation network in North America, is at a crossroads, operating on a $12 billion deficit through 2024. While foregoing an immediate fare hike, the MTA has threatened mass layoffs and service cuts of up to 50% as it faces the “the worst financial crisis in agency history.”
By Liam Bohen-Meissner The hands of the famous Doomsday Clock remain unchanged at 100 seconds to midnight, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Jan.
By Mike Tyrrell Medill Reports Bob Geiger has coached boys and girls high school cross-country every fall since 1991. He has witnessed exceptional seasons, intense
The transition to remote learning has been rapid and demanding for parents, teachers and students alike. Over the past year, educators have reinvented and sometimes thrown out their traditional curricula in favor of new ones workable in a virtual space. Parents juggle work, home and school life simultaneously and under one roof. Students are adapting to a new educational landscape that requires more discipline, self-reliance and flexibility than many are used to in the classroom.
By Carlyn Kranking Medill Reports On the heels of a year plagued by a pandemic, tied for the top spot as the hottest on record
By Liam Bohen-Meissner Medill Reports Global carbon dioxide emission dropped 7 percent worldwide due to a decrease in human activity after COVID-19 brought much of
Global warming may make infectious diseases such as COVID-19 more widespread, warn health and climate experts. They say increasing temperatures are changing disease progression and interaction among people in ways that make it hard to predict and prepare for future public health crises.
By Sam Stroozas Medill Reports “I believe in it, I just don’t think it’s that bad,” said a man waiting for entry into a packed
By Carlyn Kranking Medill Reports Some of the largest pandemics in history, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola and COVID-19, started in animals and then passed to humans.
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